Hiya those who read my profile!

I've joined the working world, which means that everything is going to be sloooooow. As a copywriter, it's been pretty awesome doing what I love for money. I guess I should say that it's pretty much a dream come true. :3 That's why I'll be working hard to gain experience and knowledge at work, so do cheer me on!

And just a quick update in regards to the progress of my stories:

Adoption, Mad World, Recurring Steve, Ratha Skyhewer and Obsession are currently all being worked on. Slooooowly. Because my muse never tells me when it strikes, nor which story it strikes, I usually end up jumping all over. I know it seems like I put down my pen when I don't update for a long time, but that's not true. I'm constantly working on my ideas and it's just that I haven't gotten anything good yet.

SPOILERS ALERT! PLEASE DON'T READ IF NOT INTERESTED!

Well I warned you. This is just a list of where each story is currently at:

Adoption is stuck because I'm trying to figure out where to take the now 'reformed' Nami Juvie personnel. There's lots of the typical logistical stuff, but also I'm in the midst of asking Izumi what her plans are. Being a typical 16-year-old, her plans are currently moot which is why she's struggling to figure out where to go from here. Also, since most of you guys should know where she 'ends up' at when canon starts, I also need to properly build up her power. And remember, no flames yet! (Because there ARE still parts of mafia that operate without them)

Mad World is teetering on going to pieces because I have decided on the Uchiha Massacre. There's a lot of heartbreak in store and I'm still figuring out who I want to survive. To those who don't mind helping me brainstorm: What if I killed off Sasuke? And we still need to send Itachi to the hospital for a checkup on his congenital heart disease. ==

Recurring Steve is my best and most emotional work. So obviously every chapter usually exhausts me emotionally. As stated in the therapy chapter, Steve has 'functional' chronic depression, and it's waaaaaaay tiring. And I had just thrown in a confuzzled Winter Soldier in so there's lots of hurt. I usually write chapters for RS when I feel quietly calm and sad...which isn't happening much. Which...good thing for me, but not so good for RS eh?

But pretty good for Ratha Skyhewer? I write Ratha when I'm feeling cracky, because Mad World isn't at a really cracky stage at the moment. I have some sort of story shaped, as I've stated in the last chapter. It's an elf story, but not-so typical? Heh. Well I'm working on the lore bits, which is exhausting because research and I feel like I never left school lol.

Obsession is my most difficult and challenging story to date. Mainly because it's my goal to make it as realistic and original as possible (not that I don't try my best to be original everywhere) and that means a lot of thinking about how other characters would act/react. It's always simple to have the story go on as usual, but people aren't so simple. There are always reactions and frankly, I'm thinking that with lives on the line, the Kurosaki family are going to become quite paranoid. So...yeah.

Oh, and for those who check up on Lemonade from time to time...I write Lemonade when I'm feeling angsty...which, as I have graduated from teen years, is rare? Ehehehehe...

Memory25

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From White Camellia: Shizuna from In Diebus Novissimis Gen

From Brokenmaelstrom: Hibari & Hibird

From Yvonna: Midori, Midori again~

CHALLENGE: POKEMON APOCALYPTIC WORLD

Okay, so I've never posted a challenge before, and this time I'm trying it out. Of course, given the amount of viewership a profile page usually gets, I'm not sure if anyone will end up reading this but oh well! Ahem.

This one is from the realm of pokemon, which, yeah, ironic that I haven't written one and am posting a challenge, but whatever.

I'm sure a lot of people have written out lots of really hardcore fics where pokemon are NOT all cute and fluffy and obedient. There's also a couple political fics, but that's not really what I go for. Anyway. My challenge is to write about a pokemon world that's nearly identical to a zombie apocalypse one--in that the world is a wild, wild scary place overrun with wild pokemon, and 'trainers' are brave souls who have managed to overpower or at least impress one with their own prowess and convince them to follow them. It could be a pokemon 'breakout' a la zombie breakout, or it could be...something else.

There are no Gyms in the canon sense, though maybe they can be safehouses with strong trainers. There can be a couple safe camps, but for some reason (desperation perhaps...or some kind of magical wavelength a la Innocence with an I) people are pushing out 10 year olds to go catch any kind of pokemon to train. (or 15 year olds, but 10 year olds sound more interesting...yes I'm a sadistic perp.)

Pokeballs may or may not be in existence, but if they are, they are extremely iffy--in that if the pokemon's not willing, you can't make the thing work. And even after 'capture' they can still pop out to kill the trainer. There's also no 'brainwashing' or 'mind control' element, coz if there was there wouldn't BE a pokemon apocalypse world. Pokeballs are pretty much handy bags that's all. Whether you can get a pokemon to stay in is up to them.

OCs, Ash, Red, Blue, Green whatever rainbow colour character you want is up to you. Personally I like the silent Red with starter charmander, but that's just me. (Though I guess there's no such thing as a 'starter' anymore if you're writing this.)

And that's it. That's my challenge. If anyone's interested in picking it up, please do PM me! I really do want to read this~

CHALLENGE: SHINY LEGENDARY POKEMON

Everyone and anyone knows that a 'shiny' pokemon is so dang rare its cause for celebration and pride when you own one. So what happens when Mew stumbles upon the concept of it and convinces everyone to 'join' in the fun?

Cue the idea that legendaries have enough power over their bodies to alter their colouration, resulting in some pretty bizarre colour schemes, all of which scream 'SHINY SHINY SHINY' and cause confusion in the pokemon world over whether there are multiples of the same type. Cue Mewtwo being pestered so much by Mew he decided to turn puke green in protest. (His shiny really IS puke green) Cue the 3 birds having no imagination and turning into similar colours with moltres looking like a de-feathered chicken. (He/she really, really does. Go check it out.)

Whether you want to use the 'canon' shiny colours or make up your own is up to you~ Please do PM me because I'd LOVE to read this!

Dislclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or Final Fantasy VII or Naruto or The Avengers or Devil Survivor or The Hobbit/LOTR or Bleach. (I keep having to extend this.)

In case anyone needs a reminder of how my writing works: I write whatever I want to whenever I want to. And 'update soon' isn't going to help me write any faster.

If the summary does not say ABANDONED, it is not abandoned.

If the last update was not a year ago, it is not on hiatus.

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